Episode #61: Elysium

Published: Aug. 11, 2013, 11:45 p.m.

Neill Blomkamp's follow-up to the critically-acclaimed District 9 stars Matt Damon as a working man in the future who decides to take on the wealthiest members of society who live in a space station high above Earth. Does Sharlto Copley make a good villain? Just how exactly does this futuristic government work? And is Matt Damon a hippo or a meerkat? Tune in to find out.

SHOW NOTES:

0:22 - Intro and clip
4:09 - General thoughts
11:22 - The character of Kruger
23:45 - Jodie Foster and her plan for a coup
29:14 - How it handles allegory
37:08 - Which animal is Matt Damon?
41:22 - Reboot This!
42:44 - Show close

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